Bill-holder



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i Beit lmownythatl, GEORGE W.` PALMER, of Boston, in. the county of Sulolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an `Improvement inlBillf-I-Iolders; and; I do "hereby declare that the Vfollowing is a full, `clear,and exact `description of the same, reference being had totheannexed drawings, making a part "of this specication, in whichy J V Figure I is a perspective view of` the bill `l holder. Fig. II is a sideviewof the same. .t Fig. III is a section on the line A, B, Fig. IIJ Fig. `IV isa side elevation, showing the 't .Vshapefand positionofthe spring. y

ff AMy invention is` designed 'or the purpose V.of filing andnpreserving bills and other slips 1 of paper,an`d keepingthem in readiness for convenient reference, while at the same time I dispense withthe use of tape, elastic bands and straps. Itissomade as to stand upon the` table or` desk offthe accountant; the bills or papers being in an upright `position areethus made to `occupy less spaceand endorsements uponthe back canbe read with facility.` I j The billholder,seen in perspective in Fig. -"\I, is made of tinned ironor otherisuitable jmetali-it is from six to ten inches in height, and in breadth from twoto four inches according to `the breadth of the `pat `pers that areto be placed in it; lit stands "uponfthe bottom K, from whichV "rise the t sides L L andback N, thus forming a box "or case of an oblong shape. Thefront, D, of this box is attached at its lower end to the edge of Jthe bottom piece, K,by hinges `FJIY; it is curved `and made rather shorter than in Fig. IV is ben't nearly `at right angles, and one of itsnends isfattached tothe botthe back, N. "A Hat-steel spring, H, shown PAr'r ormen.

t GEORGE W. PALMER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BILL-HOLDER.

Aspeciaaafm"or Letterari-.ment Naiaeoa, dated March 27, 1855.

' l tom plate, K, near its center, at I; the other end of the spring enters a Hat staple or band, G, which is soldered to the backside of the movable front piece D as seen in Fig. III, which' is a section, upon the line, A, B, Fig. II; the spring, H, when bent in the form above named, draws the top of the front piece, D, rmly against the back, N, of the box. A spiral or other spring may beused `for this purpose vbut I prefer the flat, steel spring as it takes less room and does not come in the way of the papers. Upon the front and near to the bottom of the movable arm, D, small slips, J J, are attached, in which a card may be placed as a label tothe papers or bills contained in the lile.`

` To use the bill-holder, the movable arm D, is drawn forward, and the paper placed parallel with the back of the box, where it is held by theforee of the spring as soon as the movable arm D is allowed to rest upon it. A file of bills two or three inches in thicknessfmay conveniently be kept in the ence the whole filecan at once beloosened, and as the bills thus occupy more space the `required examination can be made with great facility.

What I claim and desire to 'secure byLetters Patent is- *An oblong box of suitable size for holdin fileset bills or papers, having upon one of its sides a hinged movable arm and attached `spring by which the papers are held in place, as herein fully described.

eiaionen` w. PALMER. [n SJ] In presence off- P. M. BATCHELDER, F.`L. BATGHELDER.

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